Hi everyone heres my labour story I thought I would share with you.
Well not sure if everyone knows but I was due to be induced on the 28th April one week early due to medication I take.
But at 38 weeks went in to early labour and spent a week contracting and dilating to only 2 cm although my cervix was soft it was thick so i had to go in on 28th to have one lot of prostene gel to get me really going.
at 2.30 Saturday morning I was 3 cm and in established labour although my waters hadnt gone they kept me on the ward at labour suites were busy.
At 1.30 pm they admited me to the labour suite to break my waters and I spent five hours sitting on a birthing ball just useing breathing exercises they were getting more close together and alot stronger when they checked me.
at 5pm I was still 3 cm
and they decided to give me an oxciyten drip to strenghten the contractions but by the time I had the needle put in I had had a bleed the registrar on duty checked me and they found I had gone from 3cm to 7cm in 15 mins 
They got me off the bed as Bailey had gone back to back and I was in agony, I asked for some pethidine and by the time they came back with it I was 8cm and couldnt have it.
at 8pm they had a change over of staff, they said they would come back in an hour after this, but at 8.15 I was screaming at my partner that it was coming and he had to get someone when they checked I was 10cm and the head was there
I spent 2.30 hours pushing and after 2 hours my contractions stopped so they had to re put the oxciyten drip in to give me some contractions as I had crowned Bailey but didnt have any contractions to push him out.
At 10.30 Bailey was born weighing 6.4lb it was great the best thing I have ever done
I had to have one stitche and this is where the problems started.
I came home on the sunday and the midwife visited on the monday and all was well down there, but tuesday onwards I felt as though something was scratching me as I walked and sat down on Thursday when the midwife visited again I was in agony and pretty much cried if sitting or walking I found it hard to deal with Bailey as the pain over took my concentration.
When she looked the stitche I had been given had been over stitched continuosly which had become one thick stitche which as I walked or sat had given me a paper cut inside , they had also left the start and ends ends protuding which had also scratched me.
She took them and advised cold ice packs and salt baths to heal it.
I am now only just starting to heal at last.
I would definitly do again apart from the stitches bit I would say was worse then the labour itself.
Sarah x
Well not sure if everyone knows but I was due to be induced on the 28th April one week early due to medication I take.
But at 38 weeks went in to early labour and spent a week contracting and dilating to only 2 cm although my cervix was soft it was thick so i had to go in on 28th to have one lot of prostene gel to get me really going.
at 2.30 Saturday morning I was 3 cm and in established labour although my waters hadnt gone they kept me on the ward at labour suites were busy.
At 1.30 pm they admited me to the labour suite to break my waters and I spent five hours sitting on a birthing ball just useing breathing exercises they were getting more close together and alot stronger when they checked me.at 5pm I was still 3 cm
and they decided to give me an oxciyten drip to strenghten the contractions but by the time I had the needle put in I had had a bleed the registrar on duty checked me and they found I had gone from 3cm to 7cm in 15 mins They got me off the bed as Bailey had gone back to back and I was in agony, I asked for some pethidine and by the time they came back with it I was 8cm and couldnt have it.
at 8pm they had a change over of staff, they said they would come back in an hour after this, but at 8.15 I was screaming at my partner that it was coming and he had to get someone when they checked I was 10cm and the head was there
I spent 2.30 hours pushing and after 2 hours my contractions stopped so they had to re put the oxciyten drip in to give me some contractions as I had crowned Bailey but didnt have any contractions to push him out.
At 10.30 Bailey was born weighing 6.4lb it was great the best thing I have ever done
I had to have one stitche and this is where the problems started.
I came home on the sunday and the midwife visited on the monday and all was well down there, but tuesday onwards I felt as though something was scratching me as I walked and sat down on Thursday when the midwife visited again I was in agony and pretty much cried if sitting or walking I found it hard to deal with Bailey as the pain over took my concentration.
When she looked the stitche I had been given had been over stitched continuosly which had become one thick stitche which as I walked or sat had given me a paper cut inside
, they had also left the start and ends ends protuding which had also scratched me.She took them and advised cold ice packs and salt baths to heal it.
I am now only just starting to heal at last.
I would definitly do again apart from the stitches bit I would say was worse then the labour itself.
Sarah x
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